Local and General.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XIV, Issue 2610, 23 December 1896, Page 2

Local and General.

Tenders are wanted for additions and alterations to buildings at the racecourse. The following Maori members havebeen returned:—Eastern Electorate, Wi Pere ; Northern, Honi Heke. Neither bookmakers or their agents will be allowed on the Ashurst racecourse on the 29th. Forty Austrians arrived at Auckland from Sydney by tho Eotomahana for the Northern gumfields. It is said that Wanganui is to have a unique cricket match—ll ladies against 11 parsons. A local paper backs the ladies. At Auckland a young man named David Veal received a month's imprisonment, without tho option of a fine, for beating a girl. A lad named William Adamson, aged nine, was kicked by a horso at Auckland the other day, and died from the injuries received. Tho H.B. Education Board are advertising for a master for the Ashloy-Clin-ton school, and a teacher for the Wimbledon school. Florence, the youngest daughter of Mr John Duihio, ex-M.H.E., died at Welling on Monday morning from meningitis, after a short illness. The eldest died only a few days ago. The Dresden Piano Company of AVellington has been quite busy this month explaining the particulars of the organ to bo given away. Business has been very brisk, notably in Bohm, Kuhse and Broadwood and Son's pianos, Messrs Nelson Bros. Limited have rereived the following advico from thenLondon agents:—"Tho market for frozen mutton is weaker, and stocks being distributed, lower values may be expected. Lamb can scarcely go much lower, being already below mutton values." Thomas Seward ("Takapuna Tom ") charged with setting fire to the Gorge Hotel at Picton recently, has been committed for trial. Mrs Seward has been acquitted. An information for conspiracy against T- Seward and H. Langlands has been laid.

Tho following are the-returns for the Waipawa District Hospital for the week ended Monday:—Patients in hospital, 20 males, 7 females; admitted during the week, 2 males, 2 females; discharged, 3 males. Our readorg aro again reminded that the Salvation army are having n series of special meetings (as will be seen by an advertisement elsewhere ) commencing tomorrow evening, the main feature of tho first meeting being a supper - welcome to Capt Hollins. „',io arrives by Express from Wellington to-morrow. All are in.ylLu 10 attend these series of meetings. Some excitement has been occasioned in tho northern district of Canterbury jby a petition to have tho local option poll in the Kaiapoi electorate declared [void on account of alleged irregularities. Many of those who signed the petition now declare that they were unaware of its nature, believing that it was simply a request for a recount ot the votes. We are in receipt of the first number of the New Zealand Oddfellows' Magazine, which is printed and published by Mr John D. Quinn of Ridgway Street, Wanganui. The Magazine is the only one in the colony devoted to Oddfellowship, and will no doubt fill a long felt want, as it contains much needed information, and is in every way a useful publication. Mr Bolton is a candidate for the Makuri Riding of the Pahiatua County Council. Mr Bolton deserves the support of every ratepayer in the Riding, for he haß done more for the County than any other man in it, Headdresses a meeting of the electors at the Makairo schoolhouse on Tuesday evening, and the election will take place on Thursday, 31st December. At the Thames a, £irl named Catherine Smith, 18 years of age, while heating some turpentine over an Aurora stove, was severely burned. The turpentine spilt find the flame, bursting out of tho lamp, caught tho girl's dress. She was immediately assisted, but in a few seconds injuries were caused which led to her death, Mrs Haliburton Johnstone, of Waikato Heads, was drowned while bathing with her husband in the Waikato river. She got into the current, and was carried to sea. When rescued by her husband, it was thought that she wns alive, but she died almost immediately. Straw is to he employed for tho ranking of gunpowder. The straw pulverised, chemically treated, and then finished in granular form for iirc. The new explosive is said to be 15tf percent, stronger than an equal weight of ordinary gunpowder and much superior in every respect. English people make Blackpool their holiday resort to a greater extent than any other seaside place. The number of visitors duripg the season amounts to nearly 1,250,0(30. In popularity, estimated by tho number of visitors, it is followed by Brighton, the average number of visitors to which during a I season agwuuts io over half a million.

Several "Woodville gentlemen got to he top of Whariti on Sunday morning md had a splendid view. The Queensland v. Auckland match tvas commenced yesterday at "Auckland. The home team went to the wickets irst and compiled 131. When stumps were drawn for the day, Queensland had bur wickets down for 179 runs. We regret to learn that Mrs Douglas, sister of Mr W. H. S. Nicholls, of Wood/ille, died at her residence at Wellington ;arly this morning. Mr Nicholls leaves )y Express this afternoon to attend the uneral, which takoa place to-morrow norning at 8 o'clock. At a Maori football match playpd at Makirikiri pah, a mile from Dannvirke, )n Saturday evening, a man named Manu collided with another player, and received concussion of the brain, from ,vhich he died an hour later. We understand (says the Carterton Observer) that Mr A. Armstrong, Beturning Ofilcer for the Wairarapa, has instructed his solicitor to demand from Mr Coleman Phillips a public apology and retractation of certain alleged slanderous statements ; failing this an action for damages, laid at .£IOOO, will be commenced. As In-go sums of money continue to be sent through the post in unregistered letters, despite frequent cautions against doing so, the General Post Office authorities are sending out a circular deprecating the practise and requesting the public to register all letters containing money or valuables. The construction of a cigar box may seem to be a very simple matter to the novice, but the box passes through 19 different processes before it is ready to receive the cigars. The wood is imported from Cuba and Moxico, the first named country furnishing seven-eighths of the product. At a meeting of the Borough Works Committee on Monday afternoon, the following tenders were received :—Contract 154. Formation in Tay street.— Shanks (accepted), £ll 17s ; Gruzinski, £18 ; E. Giles, i'l6'l2s; Bradford and Smith, £l9. Contract, 155. Ditching, &c. —Gruzinski (accepted), £5 6s; Fred. Smith, £5 18s 6d; F. Balehin; £9; W. Olliver (informal) £0 10s. In another column tho Railway Department publish an amended notice regarding the holiday excursion tickets to Wellington, and between all stations, during the Christmas and New Year Holidays, the period for which the same are available for return having been extended to make all such tickets available up to and including the second day of February (instead of for one calendar month from date of issue as previously advertised); and will bo extensible for a further period of 14 days,

The Kaiser has,ordered an enquiry into the killing of a, civilian by Lieut. Brusewitz to be re-opened. About two months ago, it will bo remembered, Brusewitz murdered an engineer at Carlsruhe who had accidentally touched his chair in a cafe and declined to apologise. Brusewitz placed hisj friends at tho cafe doors, and then chased the engineer down the passage, killing him with his sword, remarking at tho same time "My honour is saved." After an enquiry, Brusewitz received tho totally inadequate punishment of four years' imprisonment iua fortress, and ho was also dismissed from tho army. ME HUGHES, Dentist, begs to announce that being now able to buy Dental requirements cheaper, ho will reduce the price of sets of teeth. Terms

strictly cash. —Advt. 1109st A gentleman living not 100 miles from Takapau a day or two ago went to assist in tho unrooting of a house, the tenant of which obstinately refused to quit. But it so happened that this obliging gentleman was also a defaulter in this direction, and his unpaid landlord was so struck with the expediency of the idea which his tenant had gono to put into effect that he decided to give it a trial. Result: That when tho evicter's assistant returned home he found his habitat in a similar state to the one he had just left —minus of the roof.—Bush Advocate.

W. Loader wishes the public of Woodville and surrounding districts to be made aware of the fact that he has a very largo and well assorted stock of saddlery and harness on hand which he intends to offer to the public during Christmas time at considerably reduced rates, Come and inspect his splendidly assorted stock of ladies and gents saddles and bridles, which ho can gnrantee for quality and price with any house, not only in the district, but throughout tho colonies, a fact that cannot be disputed on a trial. So before purchasing elsewhere, come and inspect the goods at this well known and lc:\„ house, where you will find the proprietor all ready to place before you bargains that must be to your satisfaction.—W. Loader, Vogel Street. 405tc

On Sunday night a police force, consisting of five sergeants and four detectives and 15 constables, made a raid on a Chinese gambling house in Wakefield street, Auckland, occupied by Ghee Fong, and arrested the occupier and 25 other Chinamen. The warrant was taken out under tho Gaming and Lotteries Act. The police executed it by apprehending all found on tne premises. The Chinese were completely surprised, and a stampede took place on tho entry of the police, who, however, secured all in the house, only one man making any resistance. The Chinese were playing fan tan when interrupted. A quantiny of Chinese cash tokens, besides dice and money, were seized. The prisoners were all handcuffed and marched to the lock-up. Tho charge against Chee Fong is that he allowed his house to be used as a emmon gaming-house. The others aro charged with having been found on tho premises. Most of those arrested aremmket gardeners.